‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Eyes July Premiere, Says Liam Cunningham

Torturous as it is that Game of Thrones Season 7 won’t join its predecessors with a spring premiere, the shortened episode count should only push the HBO drama so far out of its usual home. Now, star Liam Cunningham suggests HBO is looking at a July premiere, with production resuming in late summer.

Where previously HBO would only specify a summer 2017 premiere for the seven-episode Game of Thrones return, Cunningham clearly stated to the Irish Independent that a July premiere was the current plan. Additionally, the once and (we hope) future Davos Seaworth’s suggestion of a special premiere plan could hint at a reason for all the secrecy:

I’ve been disappointing various people around the world because it was meant to come out in April. It’s July now, I think … There’s going to be a launch and something special happening this year for the premiere. The bad news is, there will only be seven episodes and the final season starts again as far as I know in September.